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U.S. Congressman David Cicilline, has pledged to donate his brain to research into a degenerative brain disease detected in former football players. Cicilline, a Democratic Rep. from Rhode Island, played Pop Warner football in his youth. Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy has been...

The “contagiousness” of yawns may be rooted in primitive brain reflexes, British researchers report. Echophenomena is the term for contagious movements such as yawns. Humans tend to yawn when they see others yawn, and so do chimpanzees and dogs. Researchers at the...

New research suggests that simply having your smartphone nearby can reduce brain power. Many of us are in awe of the amazing opportunities for connectivity, information, and entertainment offered by our smartphones. But are we aware of the cognitive costs that come with frequent...

Scientists may have provided explanation why some footballers always end up with a mental health challenge. Evidence of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a potential cause of dementia caused by repeated blows to the head, has been found in the brains of former association...

Paralysis was once thought to be a permanent condition, marked by broken signals between the brain and spinal cord that could never be fixed. But in the past few years, a better understanding of the brain’s neural wiring has allowed scientists to toy with the idea that this...

I sometimes feel short of breath now that I’m pregnant. Is this common? Yes, many women experience this sensation as their pregnancy advances. You may even notice it early in pregnancy, although at that stage it’s more often sensed as a heightened awareness of the...

A healthy diet is linked to better reading skills in the first three school years, shows a recent study from Finland. The study titled “Diet quality and academic achievement: a prospective study among primary school children,” was published in the European Journal of Nutrition....

Did you know that the brain is as much a sex organ as the reproductive organs? A recent study concluded that men think about sex about 34 times a day while women think about 18 times a day. This sounds unbelievable but we are all familiar with the sexual messages on the media and...

Did you know that the human brain consumes 20% of the oxygen that enters the body? Sleep, exercise and mental activity are the other things that keep the brain running properly. The lack of oxygen in the brain is one of the greatest poisons of the brain. When we say poison we...

Everyone wants a smart kid; the kid that carts away all the prizes at school. There are ways you can help your child develop into this, from the pregnant mother’s diet to the activities the child is exposed to, all this factors help in making kids smart. The first 12 years set...

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